What Integration Designers does

Integration Designers is a privately held IBM integration consultancy headquartered in Kontich, Belgium, founded in 2016 and operating as part of the Cronos Group (CBX community). The firm specializes in implementing and managing IBM's integration technology portfolio — including IBM API Connect, IBM App Connect, IBM DataPower Gateway, IBM MQ, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration, IBM Event Automation, IBM Aspera, and IBM MFT — for enterprise clients in Belgium and the Netherlands. With a team of approximately 22 to 25 IBM-certified professionals holding over 100 collective certifications and two IBM Champions, the company delivers end-to-end integration programs covering platform selection, architecture design, implementation, testing, support, and managed services, alongside IBM software licensing resales. Its revenue model combines professional services (advisory, implementation, consultancy), managed services (monitoring, outsourcing, hosting), and licensing, with all engagements priced on a quote-based, project-scoped basis.

The firm's reference customers include Engie Electrabel (energy), FedNot (Belgian notary federation), and Solidaris NVSM-UNMS (Belgian health insurance federation), spanning the energy, public sector, and healthcare verticals. Delivery is consultant-led on client sites primarily in Antwerp, Brussels, and Ghent, supplemented by remote support. The company holds IBM Platinum Partner status — the highest designation in the IBM Partner Plus program — and has been recognized as a Great Place to Work for eight consecutive years. Marketing relies on technical content (blogs authored by IBM Champions), LinkedIn presence, and active participation in IBM TechXchange and IBM-hosted events such as Quantum Acceleration Day. Strategic delivery partnerships with Archers, i8c, and FlowFactor enable the firm to scale beyond its internal bench on multi-firm enterprise programs.

Name

Integration Designers

Legal name

Integration Designers

Website

https://integrationdesigners.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Integration Designers is a Belgian IBM Platinum Partner consultancy that implements and manages IBM integration platforms — API Connect, DataPower, MQ, Cloud Pak for Integration — for enterprise clients in Belgium and the Netherlands across energy, public sector, and healthcare verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Integration Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Application Integration & API/Middleware Services (BPAEAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Systems Integration & Implementation Services (BPAEAAAB), Workflow-Oriented Integration & Orchestration (HDAEAIAG), Connector/Adapter Frameworks & Integration Runtimes (HDAEACAJ)

Keywords

• IBM integration services
• Hybrid integration consulting
• Enterprise API management
• B2B integration solutions
• IBM middleware implementation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kontich

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Implementation: End-to-end integration solutions encompassing implementation, installation, design, building, testing, and deployment of IBM integration platforms.
2. Consultancy Services: Assessments, architectural blueprinting and performance & quality audits for integration landscapes.
3. Managed Services: Support & monitoring, outsourcing, and hosting services enabling clients to focus on core business.
4. Advisory Services: Community of IBM Integration experts collaborating with clients for flawless execution of integration goals.
5. Licensing: IBM software licensing based on client needs, leveraging IBM expertise.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Integration Designers is an IBM Platinum Partner consultancy that delivers end-to-end integration services—advice, implementation, consultancy, managed services, and IBM software licensing—around IBM's hybrid integration portfolio (IBM webMethods, IBM App Connect, IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, IBM MQ, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, IBM Event Automation, IBM Aspera, IBM MFT, and B2B Integration). The firm helps enterprise clients connect applications, data, and processes across hybrid environments in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Product overview

Integration Designers is an IBM Platinum Business Partner providing integration services rather than a standalone product company. Their portfolio centers on implementing and managing IBM's integration platform software. The core offerings include IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration (iPaaS for applications, APIs, B2B and files), IBM App Connect (AI-automated application integration), IBM API Connect (API management), IBM DataPower Gateway (enterprise gateway), IBM MQ (enterprise messaging), and IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (AI-powered hybrid integration). Beyond platform implementations, they offer complementary services including advisory/consultancy, end-to-end implementation, managed services, and licensing support. Their expertise spans hybrid integration, API management, iPaaS, application integration, event-driven architecture, B2B integration, and business automation using IBM technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IBM Integration Implementation Services End-to-end integration solutions encompassing implementation, installation, design, building, testing, and deployment of IBM integration platforms (IBM webMethods, IBM App Connect, IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, IBM MQ, IBM Cloud Pak for Integration) for enterprise clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Platform selected and implemented for FedNot's API management program enabling secure stakeholder data exchange
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• IBMcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred IBM Business Partner and IBM Platinum Partner in the IBM Partner Plus program. Integration Designers provides groundbreaking IBM solutions through integration expertise, creativity and innovative mindset. They offer services around the IBM Automation Platform and IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration portfolio.
• Cronos Groep (CBX)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegration Designers is part of Cronos Groep, one of the largest IT organisations and early stage investor, incubator, combinator and venture capitalist. Cronos Groep participates in more than 700 companies and is actively involved in the startup of about 20 companies per year. Integration Designers is part of the CBX community.
• ArcherscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStrategic partner collaborating on integration projects. Currently working with Integration Designers on FedNot API management platform and providing resources for Engie Electrabel integration support.
• i8ccoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner company contributing resources to integration projects. Currently providing consultants for Engie Electrabel integration support alongside Integration Designers team.
• FlowFactorcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner company providing resources for integration projects. Currently contributing to Engie Electrabel integration support team.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte: Big Four advisory and technology integrator delivering enterprise integration, API strategy and hybrid cloud projects, including on IBM platforms. Frequently engaged by Belgian and Dutch enterprises on integration architecture alongside business advisory.
• CGI: Global IT and business consulting services firm with established Benelux operations delivering systems integration, enterprise application integration and managed services for regulated industries (energy, financial services, public sector) – closely matching Integration Designers' target verticals.
• Accenture: Global SI with a large IBM integration practice and dedicated IBM business group. Competes for hybrid cloud, API management and integration modernisation engagements across Belgian and Dutch enterprises with broader transformation capability.
• Capgemini: Global systems integrator with deep IBM partnerships (Capgemini is an IBM Platinum Partner) and large-scale integration, API and iPaaS delivery capabilities. Competes for the same Belgian/Netherlands enterprise integration RFPs with a much larger bench.
• Sopra Steria: European IT services group with strong IBM heritage and significant Benelux presence (including acquired Realdolmen in Belgium). Delivers hybrid integration, API management and B2B integration projects on IBM and competing stacks for regulated enterprises.
• IBM Consulting: IBM's own professional services organization that delivers integration, API management and hybrid cloud projects on the same IBM technology stack (API Connect, DataPower, App Connect, MQ, Cloud Pak). It is both the firm's primary vendor and its largest potential competitor in IBM-led pursuits.

Emerging players

• Inetum: European IT services group (formerly part of GFI) with significant Benelux presence delivering application integration, API and digital transformation services for enterprise and public-sector clients comparable to Integration Designers' verticals.
• Devoteam: European technology consultancy focused on cloud, platforms and integration with strong ties to hyperscalers and enterprise middleware. Active in Benelux with comparable mid-market integration delivery capabilities.

Others

• MuleSoft (Salesforce): Vendor of a leading iPaaS platform (API management, application integration, B2B) that competes with IBM's integration stack at the technology layer. Not a direct services competitor, but its platform choices influence which integrators clients select.

Regional players

• Conclusion: Dutch IT services group (formerly Ordina) with strong IBM heritage and focus on integration, application management and cloud for Benelux enterprises. Direct regional comparable for IBM-stack integration delivery in the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/integrationdesigners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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